More on Worker Misclassification

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The growing problem of worker misclassification by employers will be discussed at the Labor Employment Relations Association DC Chapter’s luncheon forum today. Judy Conti, Federal Advocacy Coordinator of the National Employment Law Project, and Erin Johansson, a Research Associate at American Rights at Work, will discuss how worker misclassification is used to deny workers’ rights, withhold tax revenue, and undercut businesses that follow the law. The forum comes on the heels of the International Labor Organization’s ruling that recent NLRB decisions to classify millions of workers as supervisors violates workers’ rights (Labor Updates 3/21/08 UC).